Analog Man carried the The Pigtronix OFO Disnortion. It features a touch sensitive Overdrive, Fuzz with 6 different filters and frequency doubling, Octavia.

Features

Discontinued, sorry!

Dave Koltai, Pigtronix
founder, came to our shop in CT when he first decided to make effects pedals,
and showed us his original Envelope Phaser. We gave him our opinion and
some hints and I think we were his first dealer. We are the only dealer
who still has those original EP-1 pedals, as he showed us how to
calibrate them and get them working well.

The unique magic of the Pigtronix OFO parallel Fuzz and Overdrive, allowing you to pile on the gain without sacrificing clarity, dynamic response, punch or low end. Well voiced tone and shape controls allow you to focus each effect on its own frequency range.

The Octava is wired in series before the Overdrive and Fuzz, allowing the pedal to produce a unique type of gated, gnarly grind that is absolutely devastating.

In keeping with the Pigtronix tradition, our Disnortion pedal is Extremely Low Noise and all of the controls are tuned to provide the widest musical range from each circuit.

An additional buffered output provides a clean signal for parallel processing, direct recording or a side-chain trigger source for the Pigtronix EP-1.

Here is some info on each of the circuits in the Pigtronix OFO Disnortion:

Overdrive: We can assure you that there has never been an Overdrive quite like this. The Pigtronix Overdrive responds to the dynamics of your playing using a proprietary, 5-stage gain architecture that retains the natural tone of your instrument, while gradually breaking up as you play louder. Our circuit is so touch sensitive, it has been described as “...more tube than tube.” You must hear it to believe it! From Clean or Gritty Boost right up through Plexi roar, the Pigtronix Overdrive is the most musical Overdrive ever made.

Octava: This frequency doubler effect makes the notes you play sound one octave up. A Filter control allows you to achieve singing octave up tones without adjusting your guitar’s tone control. Stable intervals such as 4ths and power chords result in knarly, tweezed out grind, while other intervals create ring-modulator textures in all registers. The Octava is wired in series with the other two effects for harmonic filled lead tones and outlandish bizarre crunch. Combine the Octava with both Fuzz + Overdrive and... fuggettaboutit!

I love the sound and blendability, but as a bass player I'd love it if the octava was switchable between series and parallel. That'd take it to 5 stars for me. I'd make it 6 stars if it also included a switchable dry blend in addition to the dry out jack!

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Good tones, not enough gain

November 11, 2008

Reviewer:
Lance Newhart from Torrance, CA United States

Great overdrive tone, very transparent, & makes your amp sound like your amp. However, couldn't get enough gain (less than a KOT with Mike's extra gain mod). Also would have been nice to be able to put the fuzz in series. The parallel is an interesting sound, but I want my fuzz to take the sound over the top and it needs to be in series for this to happen. Octave sounded fine to me, but it was my first one so I can't really say how good it is. Also, I would have preferred that it be true bypass.